King Oedipus and Queen Iokaste are dead. The royal house is under shadow of an ancient curse, and the agricultural city of Thebes is in drought. Can the two sons and two daughters of the monarchy find a way to live with the world they've inherited?
The Seven was provocative multimedia theatre about the House of Thebes / Line of Kadmos (around 1260 BCE). The project used live theatre, video projection, and fragments of several ancient works to bring to life a panorama of violence and human ambition. The Seven was exotic and fierce Greek tragedy about a foreign and ancient pagan kingdom, & the devastation of war.
The Seven featured an outstanding multicultural cast with Joy Begnaud as Ismene, Don Guillory as Eteokles, John Tiliakos as Polynikes, and Amy Woodruff as Antigone. Project created by Amy Woodruff (primarily from Aeschylus' "Seven Against Thebes" and Euripides' "Women of Phoenicia"). Running time was two hours (two acts with one intermission).
Above: Pallas Athene, ancient goddess of war and wisdom, in mourning. Relief sculpture from the Athenian Akropolis in Greece.
The invasion was on January 22-24 & 29-31, & February 5-7, 2004
performed in The Core at the STATE PALACE THEATRE
1108 Canal Street at Rampart | New Orleans, Louisiana
on-site security | lots of parking | SPTinfo line: 504.522.4435 | www.statepalace.com
tickets only $10, full cash bar thruout | doors open at 7pm | shows at 7:30
"The Seven was a fascinating experiment... (it) held the audience spellbound from beginning to end" -- Dalt Wonk, theater critic, New Orleans Gambit Weekly read the full Gambit review
3 (OUT OF 4) CLAPS!... Woodruff has "cleverly cast" this "tremendous tale" and uses an "interesting approach and style" -- Al Shea, theater critic, Steppin' Out (WYES-TV 12/PBS)
"Intense" performance, and an "intriguing" project -- David Cuthbert, theater critic, New Orleans Times-Picayune read the full T-P review
Sculpture of Ares, ancient god of war and
conflict.
The Seven's video segments featured extensive battle scenes, along with selected history of the House of Thebes. The footage of the war for Thebes included cameo appearances by the following burly warriors: Blake Buchert as Adrastos | Will Frank as Melanippos | Patrick Garon as Aktor | Eric Santana Illarmo as Amphiaraos | Kevin M. Lee as Lasthenes | David "Shasta" Morris as Kapaneos | Chrispin Patrick as Tydeos | James B. Raasch III as Polyphontes | Aaron Joel Santos as Periklymenos | Joseph Stein as Hippomedon | Chris Warwick as Parthenopeos | Thomas Wimprine as Hyperbios | David Wolff as Ismaros | Jim Wolff as Leades
Thebes' ancestral history was depicted in scenes featuring guest appearances by: Justin Scalise as Oedipus | JoAnna Palmer as Iokaste | Alex Tiliakos as Kadmos
The Seven was made possible in part the advertising of Miss Claudia's Vintage Clothing & Costumes.
Publicity stills for The Seven: Top to Bottom: Amy Woodruff as Antigone; A Scene from "The Seven" (Don Guillory as Eteokles, Joy Begnaud as Ismene, Amy Woodruff as Antigone, & John Tiliakos as Polynikes); warrior helmet photos.
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